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I think that someone either missed the first H off Hannah or put an unnecessary H on the end of Anna. I love Anna the way it is, this version looks ugly and unneeded.

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Here in South Africa, black parents often use Annah, on the reasonable grounds that there's an H on the end of Susannah, Deborah etc. And then it gets extended to other -a names without a Hebrew pedigree. I've seen Dianah a couple of times, and also Vinoliah - which perhaps makes it more human and less soapy.

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I wouldn't use this kind of variant - I don't do variants, usually, and I can spot a false etymology at 500 paces - but at least it indicates that some thought has gone into the naming process.

Anna H. was in a hurry, so she just added a lower case h to her name. If Anna and Hanna/ Hannah are forms of the same name, then I guess it's possible, but it's very weird to me.